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Paxton sat down 16 Athletics in seven innings of work last night, and he needed just 105 pitches to do it. That’s the fewest number of pitches ever thrown on the way to 16 Ks.
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Can we talk about how much smoother the end of the game was without replay? All I’ve been hearing has been “it was goaltending” when the story should be how much better NBA final minutes are when they don’t ruin the flow by taking 10 minutes to review each play. NBA replay is the worst and should be abolished.

These are the types of articles that give ammunition to the right wing lunatics who cry Fake News. Here’s the bar: Gauge what your reaction would be if Fox News had written this article about the equivalent person in the Obama administration. If a Fox News article complaining about Michelle Obama’s hat would be… Read more

Carl Hagelin has eliminated the Caps from the playoffs every single year of his career except 2014 when Washington missed the playoffs. This year would make him 6 for 6.

Never forget that Draymond Green tied Kevin Hart in a nationally televised three point contest.

As a New Yorker, De Blasio is the worst. I wish we’d have had a solidly progressive candidate running against him this year, albeit one who actually might get things done. The MTA has become a literal nightmare since he was first elected.
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How do Bonds & Clemens have different percentages? I get the rationale behind voting for both and behind voting for neither, but how can anyone think that Clemens is a hall of famer and Bonds isn’t???

They’re still not very good. Trout, Upton, and possibly Andrelton Simmons are only guys in their lineup that are even league-average and their pitching is even worse. They got Ohtani, now they need to add 4 more new SPs.

The only hopeful bit of news there is the “months of recovery...before he considers a return to football” part. If he can even consider a return to football that gives be optimism that he’s not paralyzed.

I think there’s actually a 0% chance that Trump is a secret flat-Earther because 1. he would’ve tweeted it out by now and 2. as far as I know, the hosts of Fox & Friends and the rest of that propaganda network aren’t flat-Earthers.
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This is great, but can someone explain how they clinched a spot in the Champions league by finishing in 8th place?

I get it, but “vote for me just because I’m a woman” is a terrible campaign strategy and would make me less likely to vote for her. How about we vote for the candidate with the best ideas and values, regardless of gender?

Lebron James & Derrick Rose?

The correct answer is the 2-man group with the best Net Rating in the NBA this season: Tobias Harris & Henry Ellenson.
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Why not just go all in with this idea? The best 32 countries to miss the World Cup get to compete, with the winner earning an automatic berth to the next World Cup. Same principle as the Europa League Champion earning an automatic berth to the next Champions League.

They should be looking for their next franchise Left Tackle, Left Guard, Center, Right Guard, and Right Tackle.

Pedro was amazing, but it always felt like the Yankees would be able to wait him out long enough and then beat up on the bullpen. Halladay used to just mow them down for 9 innings.

As a Yankee fan, there was no one who scared me more on the mound than Halladay. Not Pedro, not Randy Johnson, nobody. I always just chalked up those Blue Jay games as losses. He was incredible.

The Knicks are 5-0 when Clyde Frazier announces and 0-4 when he doesn’t. That’s more than a coincidence.

No it’s not time to move on from Eli, if only because there’s no replacement right now. Eli’s the same mediocre QB as he ever was, only now he has no weapons around him outside of Evan Engram and more importantly that offensive line is as atrocious as any in recent history. You put a rookie behind that line and he… Read more